GeForce GTS 260M vs 210

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1326not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.66no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGT218GT215
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)15 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$29.49 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1696
Core clock speed589 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors260 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30.5 Watt38 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate4.16017.60
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPS0.264 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data396
ROPs48
TMUs832

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Height2.731" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options-+
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHzUp to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.0 GB/s57.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDVIVGADisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x15362048x1536
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.12.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 15 June 2009
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 38 Watt

GeForce 210 has an age advantage of 3 months, and 26.7% lower power consumption.

GTS 260M, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 210 and GeForce GTS 260M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 210 is a desktop card while GeForce GTS 260M is a notebook one.


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